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Near upset bid by Raiders in opener shows early signs of promise
FAYETTEVILLE — Any doubts cast that Richmond Raider football won’t be a viable threat this season were dashed Friday during the team’s season opener. Kicking off a new era of football, that was Brad Denson’s message to the team following his head coaching debut that saw the Raiders go down to the wire with one of the best teams in the state.
North Carolina high school football scores for 2024 NCHSAA Week 1
The 2024 North Carolina high school football season is finally here after a long offseason. To help Western North Carolina high school football fans, the Citizen Times and Times-News have created a one-stop shop for all scores across the region and statewide. A.L. Brown 28, West Rowan 26 ...
No. 5 Seventy-First escapes upset, downs Richmond in season opener
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Seventy-First and Richmond started off 2024 with everything a high school opener could ask for. Big plays? Check. Lead changes just seconds apart? Check. The lights going out just before a big moment in the fourth quarter? Also check. When both teams left the field, there...
Touchdown Friday Week 1: Football in Eastern NC begins
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The high school football season kicked off Friday night across the state of North Carolina and that meant the return of Touchdown Friday. Havelock starts the year ranked as the No. 1 ranked team in the Touchdown Friday top 9. Tarboro is in at No. 2, Jacksonville is ranked No. 3, […]
PHOTOS: Raiders at Seventy-First, Week 1
FAYETTEVILLE — The Richmond Raider football team nearly upset one of the top teams in the state during its first game of the season Friday. Trailing by two possessions early in the second half, Richmond powered its way back twice but fell 35-28 to Seventy-First High School, which made the 3A state championship last year.
Dillon Wins 37-21 Over Scotland County
The Dillon Wildcats won 37-21 over the Scotland County Fighting Scots Of Laurinburg, N.C., on Friday, August 23, in Dillon in varsity football action played at Dillon Memorial Stadium, Dillon, S.C. Dillon took the opening kickoff to begin the action. Neither team could muster a score in the first quarter.
Optimism in the air as high school football kicks off
It's the first week of high school football and optimism is in the air.The Crusaders of Cardinal Gibbons. defeated Jordan High School Falcons 43-24 on Friday night.It was a tough test for Jordan, which has had its ups and downs, facing a team that is a perennial power. But the Falcons, who made the playoffs last year under first-year coach Antonio King, are on the rise."I mean, the season is what it's about," King said before Friday's game. "We've been training long and hard since the season ended last year just like everybody else in the state, so to get...
Preview: Questions that will be answered on 1st Friday of the 2024 high school football season
We got off to a great start last night with the Keep Pounding High School Classic at Bank of America Stadium. Today, the attention shifts to the first true week of Friday night lights across North Carolina in 2024. I'll be at a doubleheader of Robbinsville @ East Surry and...
The Week Ahead: Busy athletic schedule set as classes begin
ROCKINGHAM — With students returning to campus for the first day of school Monday, it will also mark the start of the third week of athletic play. Another one of the six falls sports programs — boys’ and girls’ cross country — is set to join boys’ soccer, volleyball, girls’ tennis and football, which have already played games.
SEASON PREVIEW: Richmond cross country teams aiming for return to regionals, better times
ROCKINGHAM — The consistency of success within the Richmond Senior High School cross country program has continued to trend in the right direction the past few seasons. Part of that has been the team of head coaches leading the Raiders and Lady Raiders — Ashleigh Buie and Morgan Tedder — both of whom return for their third season together.
‘Too many mistakes’ cost Raiders against undefeated Rolesville
APEX — A matinee match Saturday resulted in the Richmond boys’ soccer team’s third straight loss. In rare fashion, the Raiders were ousted 9-1 by Rolesville High School. Playing in the North Carolina Coaches Association’s Kickoff Classic at Middle Creek Park, Richmond couldn’t keep pace with the undefeated Rams (6-0).
Swimming advisory lifted for most sound-side sites on NC coast two weeks after Tropical Storm Debby
Two weeks after Debby hit North Carolina as a tropical storm, a precautionary swimming advisory that was put in place on Aug. 7 has been lifted for several sites. It is still in place, however, for eight areas, including two in popular Wrightsville Beach.
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